Famed Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been arrested for entering the United States illegally and will be deported to Mexico, where he faces organized crime charges, U.S. federal officials said Thursday.

House Republicans propelled U.S. President Donald Trump’s $4.5-trillion US tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final congressional passage on Thursday, overcoming multiple setbacks to approve his policy package before a Fourth of July deadline.

Haiti’s gangs have gained “near-total control” of the capital and authorities are unable to stop escalating violence across the impoverished Caribbean nation, senior UN officials warned Wednesday.

Airstrikes and shootings killed 94 Palestinians in Gaza overnight, including 45 who were attempting to get much-needed humanitarian aid, hospitals and the Health Ministry said Thursday.

Seven people were missing after a fire and powerful explosion levelled a commercial fireworks facility in a rural northern California town west of Sacramento, authorities said on Wednesday.

An American military veteran was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for plotting to attack an FBI office and assassinate law enforcement officers in retaliation for his arrest on charges that he was part of the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6…

As the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday approaches, a standoff between the Tibetan spiritual leader and the Chinese government has some experts warning of a future where two purported Dalai Lamas each stake claim to the title.

A former criminology student pleaded guilty on Wednesday to murdering four University of Idaho students as part of a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty.

The director of one of north Gaza’s largest hospitals was killed, along with his wife, daughter and sister, in an Israeli strike on their apartment, medical officials said Wednesday.

Iran’s president has ordered the country to suspend its co-operation with the International Atomic Energy Agency after American and Israeli airstrikes hit its most-important nuclear facilities.